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(File photo used for illustration) Refugees and asylum seekers often face psychological challenges due to forced displacement, which often involves trauma from war, violence, persecution, or dangerous journeys | Photo: Valeria Ferraro/ZUMA Press/picture alliance
(File photo used for illustration) Refugees and asylum seekers often face psychological challenges due to forced displacement, which often involves trauma from war, violence, persecution, or dangerous journeys | Photo: Valeria Ferraro/ZUMA Press/picture alliance

Refugees in Germany: Helplines for mental health support

Latest update : 2025/01/31
By InfoMigrants Latest update : 2025/01/31

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants often face immense psychological challenges, from the loss of home and family to adapting to a new country. Here's a list of multilingual resources and hotlines in Germany offering mental health support for those in need.

  • SeeleFon für Flüchtlinge: Counseling provided by the Federal Association of Relatives of People with Mental Illness (BApK), available in Arabic, English, and French at (+49) 0228 - 71 00 24 25.
  • Women's Crisis Helpline: Available in German, English, Persian, and Dari at (+49) 030 - 61 57 59 6.
  • Independent Patient Advisory Service: Offers guidance on health and psychosocial issues, information on insurance coverage, and access to suitable services. Available in German, Turkish, Russian, and Arabic at (+49) 0800 - 011 77 22.
  • iFight Depression: Provides extensive information on depression for affected individuals and their families in 15 languages at www.ifightdepression.com.
  • Refugee Trauma Help: Offers audio guides and relaxation exercises for trauma-affected individuals and their caregivers in 11 languages at www.refugee-trauma.help.
  • RefPsych (Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich): Features multilingual short films on physical and psychological symptoms related to flight and migration, as well as coping strategies at www.psych.mpg.de/refpsych.

This list was compiled by the Catholic News Agency KNA